Sakura was the most important member of our mission. Although she didn't participate in direct combat and didn't have the strength to do so, her responsibility as a Neutral Path determined her special position. Our communication with the Shadow Base, as well as the mobilization of reinforcements from the Shadow Base, completely relied on her bandwidth. Hence, when we heard Sister R anxiously say that something was wrong with Sakura, everyone quivered.
What happened later proved that concern would lead to confusion. Even a calm and taciturn ancient Heroic Spirit like Medusa was no exception.
"What's wrong with her?"
Looking at a certain Crystal Virgin who was obviously rolling on the ground in comfort, I could feel the corner of my eyes twitching. To be honest, it wasn't scary for a girl to roll on the ground. There would always be a few girls at home who would roll on the ground out of boredom. However, if it was a 'girl' who was a few meters tall with a diameter of a few meters and weighed more than seventy tons (the density of high-purity psionic crystals is astonishing) rolling on the ground, it would be rather horrifying.
When I was twenty meters away, I thought that it was an earthquake.
"Sakura has been acting like this uncontrollably since just now. Isn't this a serious matter?"
Sister R had a worried look on her face, as though she would personally throw a chain over to tie up her lesbian friend if we didn't do anything.
"Wah!"
At this moment, the Crystal Virgin who was rolling on the ground finally saw the crowd around us. She immediately exclaimed in surprise and returned to mid-air amidst the sound of crystals rubbing against each other. Then, she looked at us awkwardly.
"What's wrong with you?" I frowned and looked at her. "Have you been infected by Shallow Shallow?"
She scratched her head and a series of Jingle sounds could be heard. "That … Actually, this planet seems to be able to resonate with the Crystal Virgin's body. I tried to resonate with it just now, but I couldn't control it. It felt as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring …"
It's much more serious than that, isn't it? Your reaction just now isn't just soaking in a hot spring, right?
However, Sakura's words also piqued my curiosity. More importantly, it piqued Tawil's curiosity on the faraway Light of Aiur. Tawil's communication immediately came over. "Your subordinate has discovered that the signal strength from the City of Shadows has instantly increased by ten times. May I ask if something has happened to the Crystal Mother?"
Signal? Enhancement?
I felt instantly and keenly that something great was about to happen.
"Rider, Saber, come and help. Dig a hole and bury Sakura! Let's do a little experiment! "
Everyone: "…"
Although no one was buried in the end, the experiment was really carried out, and the results were exciting.
When the Holy Mother of Crystal and the Crystal Peak began to resonate, the signal from the City of Shadows was instantly strengthened by at least ten times. In Tawil's observation, the entire planet had almost become an unprecedentedly huge antenna!
Bubble, who was in charge of the signal modulation and demodulation, kept asking me if the Crystal Virgin had evolved. It wasn't the first time she had complained about the slow internet speed. Now that she suddenly realized that the signal intensity had been strengthened by ten times, she was naturally excited.
The Crystal Peak Planet could strengthen the Crystal Virgin's communication ability. This was something that no one had expected at all. Because of the existence of a research fanatic who was full of exploration spirit, we had also conducted research on the crystal ores known as' crystallized quartz '. Its nature was very simple. It was just that it was sensitive to spatial distortion. Hence, it could be used as the core to accurately calibrate spatial polarization in the hyperspace engine. As for strengthening communication, or even strengthening communication across worlds, this shouldn't be their nature. Then, the only possibility was that the huge size of the Crystal Peak and its special star structure had caused the crystal ores to undergo a qualitative change, allowing the entire planet to possess the function of an antenna.
Faced with such a magical phenomenon, Tawil just pushed his glasses. "Science is forever endless!!"
I pondered on this unexpected discovery on a deeper level. My intuition told me that the function of the Crystal Peak to strengthen the signal shouldn't be what we should be most concerned about. It should have a greater use, for example …
As I pondered, a vague plan gradually surfaced in my mind.
It was about the amplifier and the antenna.
I asked a few more battlecruisers to descend from the orbit to receive the landing troops and the tens of thousands of Mercury Lamp dolls. I then connected to Fina and connected to the Red Giant Base, asking them to secretly send a batch of builders and technicians over.
After connecting to Fina, the forever motionless young queen appeared in front of us. The background was the spacious hall and the throne that was filled with pipes and wires. In the middle was the queen who didn't even blink. I always felt that it was a huge waste to use an instant video call with Fina. In fact, you could just put a photo in front of the camera. She wouldn't move anyway.
"Hello, friend. I heard about your victory. It was very exciting. The Kingdom is rejoicing." The moment we met, the other party read out the official speech that was derived from logic to us as if she was reading out a script. I couldn't help but curse in my heart. It's the people who are rejoicing, right? The ministers under you probably have a love-hate relationship with the Federation Army now.
"Fina, I have something to discuss with you." I weighed my words carefully. Although I knew that the other party wouldn't go against what I said personally, I still felt a little pressured. "Your Crystal Peak Planet, I want to borrow it for a while …"
Fina didn't even think, "Okay, friend. If that's what you want."
The other party was so straightforward. Even though I had thought of it in advance, I was still stunned. Then, Liliana, who was next to me, jumped up and grabbed my neck to strangle me. "Ah! Boss! What did you do to this girl?! "
Do you dare to reveal even a sentence or two of the things that you just imagined? I guarantee that the entire book will be harmonious immediately!
"You agreed so easily." I pulled Liliana down from my neck and threw her to the side. I also tied up Mercury Lamp, who had started pulling my hair, with Liliana. Then, I looked at Fina with a troubled expression. "How are you going to explain it to your own minister? Crystal Peak, when you asked the Federation Army to help you recover, they were already suspicious. Now that we are going to openly occupy this place, aren't you afraid of being kicked out? "
"I will solve everything." Fina's voice still sounded so calm, but it was filled with confidence. "Crystal Peak isn't occupied by the Federation. You are just helping us to guard the place when the Free Kingdom's military is lacking."
… I understood again. On Earth, which Americans didn't do something like this two or three times a year?
It was just that over there, it was Uncle Sam who forcefully helped you 'protect' the territory. Here, it was the Queen who took the initiative to speak up. Not only was Fina sold, she was also helping to count the money. Furthermore, after counting the money, she even helped you to deposit it in the bank. Racial branding and whatnot, it was really too scary.
"Your operation is about to begin, right?"
Fina was silent for a few seconds. Then, she suddenly took the initiative to speak. I noticed that her communication frequency had entered the highest level of encryption. Although this Queen seemed to lack common sense in most situations, she was practically a boss-level character when it came to military politics. I didn't know where she got the scent from, but she had already noticed it.
"Twenty-four hours later, we will take the initiative to attack the rebel army in the entire universe. The main forces of the North and South Skies should have received your secret letter, right?"
"Yes, the main forces of the South and North Skies already know that the Imperial Army has entered this universe, but they are still skeptical. However, your military operation will prove everything. During the war, they promised to maintain absolute silence — — I'm sorry, I have tried my best, but none of the races dared to go against the Shepherdians. Of course, they wouldn't dare to go against the Imperial Army either. Maintaining silence is already the limit of what they can do."
"It's fine, I didn't expect them to be of any use anyway."
I said nonchalantly, but I still felt a little regretful.
The races of this universe were utterly terrified by the Shepherdians. Even if the Imperial Army, which was as powerful as the Shepherdians, came to annihilate the Shepherdians, they could only stand by and watch quietly. When they were attacked by the Shepherdians, they could still put up a little resistance, but when it came to an all-out war with the Shepherdians, perhaps other than Funa, who was already on the wrong side of the fence, no one dared to even think about it.
Originally, if they were all united, they would be a force to be reckoned with. However, after being defeated by the Shepherdians until now, they were nothing more than scattered sand. It would already be good enough if they didn't take advantage of the situation and cause trouble for others during the all-out war.
"I mourn their misfortune, but I'm angry at their incompetence. How sad." Liliana had unknowingly crawled out of the recycling basket. She stood beside me with a face of a little adult, shaking her head. "Sigh, if only they could convert to the teachings of the Goddess … Boss, can I go and preach?"
"If they don't join, they'll kill their entire families, right? I've heard about it from the privateers. "
I glanced at her from the corner of my eyes, and she immediately revealed a conflicted expression. She wrung her little hands, and after a long while, she raised her head pitifully and said, "But it's very effective …"
… Lass, you're sick, you have to be treated.
After greeting Fina, I began my own plan: to plant Sakura at the North Pole of Crystal Peak.
I know that this statement is a little strange, but the truth is not far from it. To the Crystal Virgin, the best way to raise the resonance rate between herself and Crystal Peak to the maximum was to fuse with the latter. We used almost a day's work and countless nano-assemblers to complete this feat. Even Tawil expressed that Her Majesty the Emperor had definitely used up all of the creativity that she had accumulated over the past twenty years (Her original words, that Glasses was the main body of the research, she really doesn't know how to speak). In the end, we built a spiral tower completely made of ultra-high strength alpha ore on the South Pole. The tower itself possessed astonishing hardness and had zero energy consumption. It stood between heaven and earth as something similar to a modem, allowing the Crystal Virgin to completely release this portion of her energy and use it to strengthen the strength of the signal. She herself was placed at the top of the tower, far away from any disturbances that might be caused by the crystal floor. We temporarily built sentry cannons around the tower, ensuring that even a fly that tried to fly over would be hit by one or two thousand cannons.
After this temporary structure was completed, all of us gathered at the bottom of it.
"How majestic …"
Even Mercury Lamp had to exclaim in awe at the majestic structure that was built within a day.
The surrounding land wasn't flat and still maintained the most primitive appearance of the planet's broken crust, making the silver-coated crystal land look like it was sealed in ice. The sky that was gradually darkening seemed to be swallowed by darkness. The tall spiral tower was like a sharp ice mountain that pierced into the gloomy outer space. Surrounding this ice mountain were endless black fortifications. The surroundings were gloomy and silent, as though an ominous cold wind was blowing. I carried Mercury Lamp on my shoulder, held Pandora and Visca's hands, Shallow shallow and my big sister behind me, Liliana standing in front of me, and a circle of ferocious-looking heroic spirits around us. Such a formation made me feel heroic. Thus, I took the lead and strode forward. "Let's go! Let's go and farm the Lich King! "
In an instant, the area around me collapsed.
"You don't say, this looks exactly the same." Liliana staggered as she climbed up and looked at the Soaring Cloud Tower in front of her. Due to the design issues, it really looked like an Ice Throne. "Why don't we call Sylvanas over and get her to build an Undead Fortress below it?"
… The Queen of Darkness will definitely come after you.
The Crystal Peak Communication Tower that was named the Ice Throne … Err, it was the Ice Throne that was named the Crystal Peak Communication Tower … That bastard had nothing to do with the Ice Throne!! It was the Crystal Peak Communication Tower!
In any case, after this thing was built, the first thing I had to do was call Sandora and get her to transfer her mental power over to me.
"The amplification system is at full capacity. The redundant module is in operation. The signal is being transmitted into the earth's crust. Star resonance has begun."
The temporary base's main control computer stiffly reported the status of the operation of the gigantic antenna. In front of us, the gigantic Crystal Spiral Tower was gradually emitting blue and white sparks of energy. I felt as though I was being electrocuted. Then, the base that was dark due to the descent of night started to emit large halos of light. It was like a floating fog that filled the surrounding buildings and formed an energy whirlpool on the top of the tower.
There was no need for an Undead Fortress at all. This had completely turned into an Ice Throne. Considering its functions, this thing really was the Ice Throne!
"Buzz buzz … Buzz buzz …" A low sound started surging from all directions. However, this was definitely an illusion. There was no atmosphere on the surface of the Crystal Peak, so it was impossible for sound to travel. The buzzing sound didn't come from the air but from the depths of everyone's mind.
"Connection complete. The star is releasing a signal. Testing effective range … Results have been returned. Analyzing. The Soul Snatcher's beacon has radiated out to 0.2 light years, 0.35 light years, 0.5 light years … Effective radiation has stopped. Calculating decay radiation. The current star system is under the control of the Soul Snatcher's beacon."
"Sandora, how do you feel?" I didn't even use my mental connection. I simply released my mental power into the air and Sandora's thoughts came from all directions. "This is really a good thing, Ah Jun. I didn't even need to use an ounce of strength to extend my mental power into another world. Furthermore, the intensity of the extension is shocking. If the two d * mn stars didn't mess around, I think I could even control a larger area!"
"Wow! Boss, I'm starting to admire you!" Liliana scratched the itchy spots all over her body. "But there's a problem. After the beacon is activated, the entire planet is glowing because of the charge. Isn't that obviously letting the prey escape?"
"We can turn it off normally … Little Lamp, help me scratch my back …" As long as Sandora wasn't in a hurry to eat, the Soul Snatcher's beacon could be activated within a few minutes. Any intelligent creature that entered this star system wouldn't be able to withstand the brainwashing power of this thing. Woo Meow King was nothing compared to my glutton. "Our mission now is to pretend to divert their attention and evacuate their main forces from the Crystal Peak. Gusta definitely wouldn't give up on such a strategic location. They'll send more troops over. Plus, the Gusta soldiers that we let go will exaggerate the defense of the Crystal Peak. Then, it'll be fun."
"Once their spaceship completes its jump, they'll immediately become our slaves. All intelligent creatures that enter this star system won't be spared." Liliana had a delighted smile on her face. "All the Gusta soldiers that are under our control have to do is say, 'Crystal Peak has been occupied by us. Please send all your troops here.' Then, all that's left is to watch the fireworks. Heh … heh heh …"
* Smack! * I accurately struck Liliana's forehead with a karate chop, jolting this seriously spoiled priestess out of her dark personal reality. There were still a few three-headed boy scouts here. What if they led the children astray?
"But this thing is really amazing." My elder sister stood next to me and looked up at the spiral tower that was faintly emitting light. "The entire planet has become a magnifier and is used to brainwash all intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. It is indeed an amazing creation. At first, I heard people say that you were in a hurry to gather the builders and technicians to research something. I thought you were going to do something, so I pulled Qian Qian down …"
"Attention, the energy system has unexpectedly overloaded. The main amplification circuit is offline. The redundant module is offline. The resonance of the planet has stopped. The signal has been cut off."
A voice suddenly sounded in the information link, interrupting my big sister's words. The halo around us gradually dimmed, and the shining land around us returned to its original dark state. The pitch-black outer space also replaced the dazzling 'aurora'. The largest antenna in history finally couldn't withstand the energy required to power the entire planet and broke down.
"Alright. It looks like Tawil will be quite busy for the next few days."
I shrugged and looked regretfully at the frozen throne that had returned to its original dark state.
Just as Crystal Peak was gradually being modified into yet another weapon with no lower limits, the flames of war in the entire universe began to light up. Over a hundred Shepherdian warships suffered an unprecedented attack at the same time that night.
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